Astounding Science Fiction, Volume 42 Number 6, February of 1949. Published by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., New York, NY. 164 pages. Cover art by Hubert Rogers. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Featuring essays by John W. Campbell, Jr. as The Editor and John R. Pierce as J. J. Coupling. L. Jerome Stanton and P. Schuyler Miller book reviews on THE KEY TO THE GREAT GATE by Hinko Gottlieb and BEYOND THIS HORIZON by Robert A Heinlein. Includes the following works of fiction:
Seetee Shock (Part 1 of 3, Seetee series 2), a serial by Jack Williamson as Will Stewart. A Present from Joe, a shortstory by Eric Frank Russell. Manna, a novelette by Peter Phillips. The Prisoner in the Skull, a novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore as Lewis Padgett. Next Friday Morning, a shortstory by D. W. Barefoot as D. W. Meredith. Christmas Tree, a shortstory by John Christopher as Christopher Youd.